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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>,
	Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6655: Use loop in vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 09:02:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YskoFoksrQyDstyc@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2c1717b23896bc95a9ba9de79c9dbf112aa35460.camel@perches.com>

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 09:07:43PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-08 at 14:29 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 09:19:01PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > > Use loop in vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr to avoid multiple
> > > similar statements.
> []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
> []
> > > @@ -192,12 +192,8 @@ device_set_options(struct vnt_private *priv)
> > >  static void vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr(void __iomem *iobase, const u8 *mac_addr)
> []
> > > +	for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
> > 
> > Taking advantage of the new compiler level I see, nice :)
> 
> Not sure this is altogether a great idea as it may
> make backporting a bit difficult, but it's already
> in the kernel in a few places.

That's for the stable kernels to worry about, don't let that stop new
development from happening for that reason please.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-09  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-06 19:18 [PATCH 0/2] staging: vt6655: Reduce similar statements when working with mac addr Philipp Hortmann
2022-07-06 19:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] staging: vt6655: Use loop in vt6655_mac_write_bssid_addr Philipp Hortmann
2022-07-08 12:29   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-09  4:07     ` Joe Perches
2022-07-09  7:02       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2022-07-06 19:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] staging: vt6655: Use loop in vt6655_mac_read_ether_addr Philipp Hortmann

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